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| Venue | Horton Park, Blenheim on 5th, 6th January 1973 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Marlborough won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Marlborough won by an innings and 148 runs |
| Close of play day 1 | Horowhenua (1) 48/1 (Burnell 23*, de Castro 17*) |
| Marlborough first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PB Neal | c de Castro b Burnell | 36 | 100 | 4 | - | ||
| DIA Cameron | b Burnell | 66 | 160 | 6 | - | ||
| *GF Hawtin | b Blair | 142 | 227 | 18 | 2 | ||
| R Kennedy | c Netten b Blair | 9 | |||||
| AT Sowman | b de Castro | 107 | 133 | 16 | 1 | ||
| CM Schroder | not out | 5 | |||||
| +GJ Adams | not out | 2 | |||||
| MD Catley | did not bat | ||||||
| CR Anderson | did not bat | ||||||
| NF Maclaine | did not bat | ||||||
| TF Hogg | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 20 lb, 1 w) | 23 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, declared, 74 overs) | 390 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-82 (Neal), 2-130 (Cameron), 3-159 (Kennedy), 4-373 (Sowman), 5-385 (Hawtin) | |||||||
| Horowhenua bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Neller | 11 | 2 | 55 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hobson | 9 | 1 | 47 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hudson | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Smart | 12 | 1 | 30 | 0 | - | - | |
| Burnell | 18 | 2 | 82 | 2 | - | - | |
| Thompson | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 | - | - | |
| Blair | 11 | 0 | 66 | 2 | - | - | |
| de Castro | 7 | 1 | 41 | 1 | - | - | |
| Horowhenua first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *+B Netten | b Maclaine | 4 | |||||
| JE Burnell | b Hogg | 45 | |||||
| GB de Castro | c Hawtin b Maclaine | 30 | |||||
| LM Sciascia | c Neal b Maclaine | 4 | |||||
| CK Smart | c Kennedy b Sowman | 10 | |||||
| JA Blair | run out | 13 | |||||
| B Montford | b Sowman | 0 | |||||
| PE Thompson | lbw b Sowman | 8 | |||||
| PN Hudson | not out | 2 | |||||
| G Hobson | st Adams b Hogg | 1 | |||||
| RN Neller | b Sowman | 3 | |||||
| Extras | (5 lb, 5 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 190 minutes, 47 overs) | 130 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-11 (Netten), 2-71 (de Castro), 3-77 (Sciascia), 4-94, 5-109, 6-123, 7-124, 8-125, 9-127, 10-130 (47 ov) | |||||||
| Marlborough bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Maclaine | 14 | 4 | 38 | 3 | - | - | |
| Neal | 7 | 1 | 32 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cameron | 9 | 3 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sowman | 9 | 5 | 5 | 4 | - | - | |
| Hogg | 8 | 0 | 35 | 2 | - | - | |
| Horowhenua second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *+B Netten | c Schroder b Sowman | 4 | |||||
| JE Burnell | c Schroder b Maclaine | 20 | 19 | ||||
| GB de Castro | c Schroder b Hogg | 10 | |||||
| LM Sciascia | st Adams b Hogg | 10 | |||||
| CK Smart | c Hogg b Sowman | 1 | |||||
| JA Blair | c Sowman b Hogg | 8 | |||||
| B Montford | b Hogg | 25 | |||||
| PE Thompson | c and b Hogg | 19 | |||||
| PN Hudson | b Anderson | 12 | |||||
| G Hobson | c Sowman b Hogg | 0 | |||||
| RN Neller | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 1 w) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 45.3 overs) | 112 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-20 (Burnell), 2-33, 3-37, 4-38, 5-47, 6-75, 7-82, 8-109, 9-109, 10-112 (45.3 ov) | |||||||
| Marlborough bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Maclaine | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1 | - | - | |
| Neal | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cameron | 7 | 4 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sowman | 12 | 5 | 15 | 2 | - | - | |
| Hogg | 14.3 | 3 | 53 | 6 | - | - | |
| Hawtin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| Anderson | 4 | 0 | 12 | 1 | - | - | |